It takes the average reader 1 hour and 41 minutes to read A Lion at a Cocktail Party by Michael Hogan
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Praised by William Stafford, W.S. Merwin, Richard Shelton and others, this collection of prose poems by Michael Hogan is now in its third revised edition. The original was published by Mary McCarthy of Gallimaufry press in 1978 and was a collection of prose pieces edited by George Hitchcock (1914-2010). Many had appeared in Hitchcock's magazine Kayak (1968-1988) which published Raymond Carver, Charles Simic, Robert Bly, Kenneth Rexroth, Margaret Atwood and others. Hitchcock especially enjoyed Hogan's prose poems for their "surrealistic imagery on the one hand, and their fabulist simplicity on the other." This special 35th Anniversary Edition includes nine previously uncollected prose pieces.
A Lion at a Cocktail Party by Michael Hogan is 98 pages long, and a total of 25,284 words.
This makes it 33% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 18 minutes to read A Lion at a Cocktail Party aloud.
A Lion at a Cocktail Party is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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